UMaine hockey alums facing Bruins Alumni team in Lewiston on Saturday

LEWISTON, Maine — The first annual Battle of the Bears Ice Hockey Classic will take place noon Saturday, at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston when former University of Maine hockey players will take on the Boston Bruins alumni.

Comedian Bob Marley will be the warm-up act beginning at 11:45 a.m.

The proceeds will benefit the University of Maine’s hockey program, the Maine State Trooper Foundation and the Portland Boxing Club.

Longtime University of Maine booster Frank Jordan, who will coach the Maine alums, said in addition to raising money for the three organizations, the game is also meant to reestablish ties between the Maine hockey program and ex-players who had felt “alienated” in recent years.

First-year Maine coach Red Gendron, who held an alumni gathering for ex-players and fans in August, will be on hand.